VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
JOB TITLE:Medical Assistant, Bilingual Portuguese speaking.
LOCATION: Hyannis, some travel to other sites
HOURS: Fulltime, Monday-Friday, including some evenings
SALARY: $28.10/hourly
BENEFITS: Medical, dental, holiday, paid earned leave, 403b, etc.
DUTIES: The Medical Assistant will work within a sexual and reproductive health services team to support the provision of clinical services by providing the following:
- Provide clients with non-judgmental and accurate information regarding reproductive health issues, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, Hepatitis, pregnancy options, and pregnancy prevention.
- Perform routine lab functions and testing including phlebotomy, urine pregnancy testing, HIV and Hepatitis testing and prepare specimens for transport
- Assist in abortion procedures to provide clinician and/or patient support. taking vital signs, providing aftercare, and patient support and information
- Assist with GYN procedures including LEEP, colposcopy, and ultrasound
- Triage post procedure patient care
- Room patients and obtain and record client's personal medical history including gynecological, obstetrical and sexual history
- Accurately enter data into electronic health record system
- Lead morning clinic huddle
- Prepare and maintain exam rooms and maintain laboratory controls
- Other duties as assigned by the Site Manager.
Requirements
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Portuguese speaker; high school diploma or equivalent; prior experience as Medical Assistant in busy office; computer literacy essential. Must demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills in English and be sensitive to the needs of a culturally diverse population; prior experience working with low income and vulnerable populations; demonstrated ability to communicate unbiased reproductive health knowledge to patients (adolescents and adults of all genders) in an effective and culturally competent, non-judgmental manner.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:Medical Assistant Certificate, GYN medical assisting experience
Please send all resumes to humanresources@healthimperatives.org